New Fed chief Janet Yellen lets a long career of breaking barriers speak for itself

Mary Ann Mason quoted in The Washington Post, February 2, 2014
Even today, many female academics pay what Berkeley law professor Mary Ann Mason calls a “baby penalty.” Mothers are 35 percent less likely than fathers to be hired for a tenure-track job in economics or other fields of science at any university, according to her research. “If you’re six months or nine months behind [the tenure clock], your male colleagues and the granting agencies don’t have a lot of sympathy,” Mason said.